Killed at Work

Broadcast on April 28, 2022
Hosted by Chris Garlock & Ed Smith

On Workers Memorial Day, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health Communications Coordinator Melissa Moriarty on the Killed at Work and Dirty Dozen reports. Monsignor George Higgins, the leading “labor priest” of his era, passed away 20 years ago; Clayton Sinyai, Executive Director of the Catholic Labor Network and member of Laborers Local 11, reports on events honoring Higgins scheduled for May 1 and May 2 (details here). Filmmaker Deborah Shaffer discusses “The Wobblies,” which screens on May Day at the 2022 DC Labor FilmFest.
Today’s music: We Just Come to Work Here & Dump The Bosses Off Your Back; by Anne Feeney.

Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Michael Nassella.

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